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Regigigas TANK mode (poorly written article included)

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Xaej

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Alright, this is Regigigas TANK mode.

3 Regigigas LA (the pokebody that removes all special conditions on attach)
1 Regi lv X
4 Sableye SF
2 Azelf LA
1-1 palkia lv X
1 Unown Q
3-1 Uxie X
=17

trainers
4 premier ball
4 great ball
1 luxury ball
3 energy search
2 night maintenance
4 warp point
=20

supporters
4 Felicity's Drawing
4 roseanne's
4 bebe's search
=12

4 call
3 F
3 W
3 M

Strategy:

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Regigigas LA
-The idea of the deck is to keep Regigias alive FOREVER. To do so, you need to be able to use Sacrifice freely and heal 8. If Gigas is affected by a special condition, you can't do that, so problem solved. He also has an attack for 3Colorless.

Regigigas lv X
-The core of the deck. Only 1? All you need. Two Azelfs will (almost) always ensure he's not prized. The idea is to use Sacrifice to keep him alive as long as possible while dealing heavy damage with Giga Blaster & Gigaton Punch(see Gigas LA)

Sableye SF
-A good starter to help get energy in hand early (with Roseanne's Research) as well as make sure you get Gigas out ASAP (via Roseanne's, Roseanne's then Azelf, etc). Becomes bait to Sacrifice late game.

3-1 Uxie X
-Before anyone goes there, claydol IS NOT NEEDED. I played the deck with and without Claydol, and it honestly works MUCH better without it. Uxie is another combo with Sacrifice &/or Unown Q and draws a lot with the trainer heavy deck. Helps for first turn Felicity.

Azelf LA
-Ensures Gigas X is not prized. Becomes bait to sacrifice late game. With Unown Q he has free retreat to combo with Warp Point & Giga Blaster (to allow Gigas X to use Giga Blaster every turn)

1-1 Palkia lv X
-Warp Point if possible. Bring Palkia active. Restructure. They choose either Gigas (works for us), Sableye (sacrifice or retreat), Azelf (sacrifice or retreat), or Claydol (sacrifice or with unown q retreat for 1). Bring out who you want and Giga Blast away.

Unown Q
-Gives Azelf & Sableye free retreat allowing for combo possibilities with Palkia lv X &/or Warp Point. Also gives Claydol 1 retreat to escape HAVING to sacrifice him if possible.

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Premier Ball
-Why four? Helps get Gigas X & Palkia X out. Also, should Gigas die, you can recover him, sacrifice and resume the beatdown. Three would likely be doable if the card space is better served elsewhere.

Great Ball
-Why four? Helps set up & feed basics to Gigas X.

Luxury Ball
-'Cuz.

Energy Search
-Helps ensure you have the type of energy you need in hand (for discarding for Felicity's, simply attaching, etc)

Night Maintenance
-Keeps energy & pokes around (especially after sacrificing etc)

Warp Point
-Comboes very well with Palkia lv X, unown Q, and Gigas X's giga blaster.

Felicity's Drawing
-IMO the best draw out there right now. Also gets energy to the discard to recover with Sacrifice for energy acceleration.

Bebe's Search
-Best poke search, comboes with Claydol, etc..

Roseanne's Research
-Gets missing color energy, more Gigas, more food, etc.

Call Energy
-Gets out of Baltoy/Palkia/Azelf/Unown Q starts, still fills Gigas's colorless requirement, additonal search.

Fighting, Water, & Metal Energy
-Energy for Gigas.

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Common Starts:

1)

turn 1 - regigigas. call/attach. if went second, felicity's energy away if possible, energy search if possible, roseanne for missing color/baltoy/sableye/azelf/q.

turn 2 - level up, hopefully get uxie, attach, hopefully felicity if haven't already, get energy in discard, sacrifice azelf/sableye, heal from t1 damage, get more energy, gigaton punch if you have to, hopefully you can giga blaster

2)

turn 1 - sableye. attach if possible (not call..).roseanne's for missing pieces of energy color/Gigas. if went second, see start 1, turn 1. then, sabley for felicity's instead of roseanne's for discard, etc.

turn 2 - hopefully get gigas, drop an attach on him. get more setup.

turn 3 - level up, sacrifice sableye if he's still around, if not bring someone out to sacrifice for energy acceleration and begin the pain.

3)

turn 1 - azelf/unown q/uxie. hopefully call, if not cry and hope for good great ball draws, etc.

Matchup:

Kingdra 70/30. Should be too weak to really do damage to you, though you have to 2HKO him..

Magmortar 60/40. Again, should be too weak to really do damage to you, but if he can hit you while benched you may be in more trouble. The burn can grow agitating if you're out of energy, too..

Machamp 40/60. Difficult.. if he can get setup, weakness pretty much wrecks you on this one. You can OHKO him too, though, if you can pull it off.

Comments/Suggestions/Thoughts/Criticisms?

- Xaej
 
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look at it this way. i want an attach every turn. drawing into energy search is no different than drawing into energy, except I get to pick the color.

Give me a logical reason for why I don't need 3 and I will gladly take it. Until then, meh.

Back to back posts merged. The following information has been added:

Also, considering Smeargle instead of Sableye for guaranteed energy T2
 
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